US1869944A - Sanitary carton holder - Google Patents

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Aug. 2, 1932. w. J. RANEY SANITARY CARTON HOLDER Filed Aug. 19, 1929 IN VEN T0. Wdziam J. Zia/2g, BY W A TTORNEY.

Patented Aug. 2, 1932 UNITE STATES PATENT FFIQE WILLIAM J. RANEY, OF MEMYHIS, TENNESSEE SANITARY CARTON HOLDER Application filed August 19, 1929.

products such as are purchased in bulk, stored and dispensed at retail. The cartons are commonly made in difierent sizes such as quarts, pints and half-pints and it is an object of the invention to provide means for supporting a plurality of cartons of different sizes in such a way that a carton of desired size can be quickly taken from the stack while at the same time the stack is supported in such a way as tobe protected against contamination by insects or in othervways. An-

other object of the invention is to provide means for supporting a large number of car tons in such a manner that they will be out of the way yet readily accessible. Another object of the invention isto provide improved means whereby the lowermost carton can be readily grasped for removal from the stack.

Referring to the drawing, which is made a part of this application and in which similar reference characters indicate similar parts:

Fig. 1 is a front elevation of my device in use,

Fig. 2, a side elevation of the same,

Fig. 3, a vertical section of one member of a group on line 3-3 of Fig. 1. and

Fig. a, a horizontal section on line t-4 of Fig. 1.

In the drawing reference character 10 indicates a shelf such as may be used for supporting my device and its contents. As here illustrated the shelf includes a horizontal part braced at the sides but any suitable construction may be used. For attaching the same to a wall or the like I have indicated a rear member 11 extending upward above the shelf and secured thereto by nails 12 or in any other suitable manner.

A group of tubes 13 are here shown as rest- Serial No. 386,911.

ing at their lower ends on the shelf but it will be understood that the number of tubes may vary, as when more than three sizes of cartons are tovbe made available for use and that the tubes need not necessarily rest. on the shelf, as they may be held in place solely by cross-strips 14 secured to a wall or the like by nails15 or in other suitable manner. The tubes are cut away at the front side adjacent the lower ends as indicated at 16 in Fig. 2 and it will be evident upon consideration of Fig. 1 that the tube at the right is cut away to a height suficient to permit convenient handling of cartons 17 which maybe of a size to contain one quart, while the middle tube to a height sufiicient to permit convenient handling of cartons 18 containing a pint and the left-hand tube is cut away only to a height sufiicient to permit convenient handling of cartons. containing one-half pint. It will be understood that the capacities mentioned are merely for illustration as any other'varieties of cartons or the like can be suppliedby devices of this character. The front edges of the walls adjacent the lowermost carton are provided with notches 20 to permit the user to place his fingers at opposite sides of the carton for firmly gripping the same to withdraw it most readily and the shelf is also provided with notches or openings 21, these preferably so located adjacent each tube as to extend underneath the peripheral edge of the lowermost carton whereby a finger may be inserted underneath such edge to aid in withdrawing the carton, if this should be found necessary. It will be understood that ordinarily the cartons are quite readily withdrawn as they are very light in spite of their bulk.

At the front side of each tube I have shown an elongated window 22 covered with isinglass or other suitable transparent material. Preferably these windows are located somewhere near the bottom of the device, or extend down to a relatively low position so that the user may be advised when the container is nearly empty and they may extend up as far as is deemednecessary for this purpose.

It should be noted that the cartons fit quite closely in the tubes and also that the tubes :7 are closed at the top and sides, all of which serves to exclude insects and prevent damage to the cartons, which are commonly coated with wax so that they naturally attract insects and particularly roaches. The only limit to the height of the container (or to the length of the tubes) is the height of the ceiling and therefore a large number of cartons can be held in position for use in a much more convenient manner than the customary one which usually consists in piling up the car tons or placing them in baskets. One or more of the carton holders may be placed along side a food storage container such as an ice cream packing case and thus the cartons are placed very conveniently adjacent the point of use. The groove in the shelf makes it easy to load the carton holder, the cartons being placed in the holder at the bottom of the same and as they are very light those already in the holder can be lifted by inserting a finger in the groove underneath the lower most carton, lifting up those already in the holder and inserting another. Obviously when one carton is removed the others in that compartment of the holder move down by gravity so as to position another for convenient withdrawal.

It will be obvious to those skilled in the art that numerous variations can be made in the device here disclosed without departing from the spirit of my invention and therefore I do not limit myself to what is shown in the drawing and described in the specification but only as indicated in the appended claim.

Having thus fully described my said invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

A dispensing device for cartons comprising a horizontally extending shelf having a member projecting upwardly therefrom adapted for attachment to a support or the like, a plurality of individual carton holding tubes freely resting on the shelf, each tube closed at its top and partially cut away at its front to provide a dispensing opening adjacent the shelf, and the shelf having openings formed therein intermediate the edges thereof whereby when the cartons are contained in the tubes and rest on the shelf the peripheral edges of the cartons will but partially cover the openings so as to permit a finger being inserted therein for aiding in withdrawing the cartons from the tubes, and common means embracing the tubes for holding them in fixed position on the shelf.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature.

I WILLIAM J. RANEY.

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